Two years ago, Lauren Jortberg found out she is one of the fastest young skiers in the world. Lined up against a field of world cup ready athletes at the 2017 world junior championships in Soldier Hollow, Jortberg cast aside her doubts and flew like an eagle around...
In a killer field full of Canada’s best skiers, Alex Harvey and Dahria Beatty outsprinted the competition under golden light at the first Sunset Sprints roller ski event Thursday (July 5) at the Canmore Nordic Centre. The FIS-sanctioned race was the first of its kind...
The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy is proud to announce our new team for the 2018-19 season. Headed by veteran Canadian National Team members and 2018 Olympians, Dahria Beatty and Emily Nishikawa, this year’s team truly encaptures diversity and...
This is an edit of a wax article I wrote a few years ago. The goal was to share some of our processes and highlight some of our favourite waxes. We work very closely with Start ski wax, a sponsor of ours, and this line has become a cornerstone of our wax box. Over the...
Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy announces Allison McArdle as new High Performance Coach The Alpine Insurance AWCA is very pleased to announce that Allison McArdle will be joining our organisation starting January 1st, as a High Performance Coach. Allison...
The rest of the AIAWCA skiers followed snow into the west for a mini-camp at Silver Star resort in Vernon. The result was days of solid, consistent training, and a trip down memory lane for Jeffries. “I haven’t done a camp in Silver Star since I was an athlete in...
